Dedan
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1. Son of Raamah, son of Cush. His descendants are supposed to have located themselves on the Persian Gulf (Gen. 10:77And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. (Genesis 10:7); 1 Chron. 1:99And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. (1 Chronicles 1:9)).
2. Descendant of Abraham and Keturah, probably inhabiting the borders of Idumma (Gen. 25:33And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. (Genesis 25:3); 1 Chron. 1:3232Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. (1 Chronicles 1:32)).
3. District mentioned in Jeremiah 25:2323Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, (Jeremiah 25:23); Jeremiah 49:88Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. (Jeremiah 49:8) and Ezekiel 25:1313Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. (Ezekiel 25:13). It is more than once in these prophecies associated with Edom, so that it was probably connected with the descendants of Abraham.